"A leading zoologist has found evidence that genes
 used to modify crops can jump the species barrier
 and cause bacteria to mutate, prompting fears that
 GM technology could pose serious health risks."

I  must take these findings with a grain of salt.  Why would only modified
genes show up in bacteria, and not other, natural genes?  If someone spliced
a tomato gene into canola, why would only that gene transfer to the
bacteria, and not other canola genes?  Are there canola, or for that matter,
apple, genes in the bacteria in a bee's gut?

How could a bacterium know that a particular DNA sequence it encountered was
not normally coded in that gene sequence?

Clearly the data and methodology should be reviewed before this data is used
as propaganda in the war over GM crops.

Doug Brown